Síobhan

Like any newborn, the name is carefully chosen. After all, you’ll carry it with you for a long time. With a food company, the same considerations re: personality, how it rolls off the tongue, how it feels; all combine to name the baby.

As time goes by, because with any luck - every night you go to bed smarter than when you woke up – you see where improvements can be made. A business is an evolutionary process, and to stand in the way of evolution is to wither and die. There's been lots of extra work going on behind the scenes here and we're excited to finally share what we've been working on.

It was 9.30 a.m. on the morning of the 29th June 2011. We were on birthday time as it was Pauls 50th birthday only the day before and were in the house having a late and leisurely breakfast with some of the kids. The farmhouse is no more than 20 metres from the bakery.

We heard a whooshing sound, and thought it was a lorry pulling up. So Paul looked out the window to check if he was needed to go help with a delivery. He said ‘the bakery is on fire’, and started to run. I thought he was joking.

We have had a great response to our shout out for helping to choose our new addition to the Cookie Shot family. Lots of variety in there from fruity and nutty, to caramel and spicy, as well as a few strange ones. Re: the gin & tonic suggestion – better drank than eaten I think!

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The Christmas Craft Fair in the RDS Dublin takes place from Wednesday 3rd December to Sunday 7th December 2014, and showcases the best of Irish Food & Craft. This event is widely regarded as Ireland's premier craft work showcase so it's no to be missed.

As a special treat we're giving away a pair of free tickets to the event. All you have to do is sign up for our newsletter by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with your name and you'll then be entered into a draw which we'll announce the winner before the end of the week.

Delighted & honoured to be recommended by the doyenne of fabulous food , Georgina Campbell - in her IRELAND guide for 2013.

Since its inception in 1997, the editorial position at Georgina Campbell Guides has always been fiercely proud of it's independent and no payment is received for their recommendations. They insist that "independence is at the core of our philosophy and we have always selected establishments for recommendation on merit alone."

Great Taste Awards 2012 / 2013

The Great Taste Awards often referred to as the “Oscars of the Food Industry”, are the acknowledged benchmark for speciality food and drink across the UK and Ireland. Products are blind tasted by industry experts- so this is all about taste folks, not packaging or gimmicks.

Winner of Four Great Taste Awards 2013

And for a small family business in the West of Ireland who lay in ashes in the Summer of 2011- we were overwhelmed and beyond excited to have won 7, yes that is SEVEN , Gold medals for a selection of our 'regular' and gluten free products.

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Capital initiatives in this company are co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund and Enterprise Ireland under the Border, Midland and Western Regional Operational Programme 2014-2020. The aim of the initiative was to purchase assets to allow the company to increase productivity resulting in improved competitiveness.